This boss is in my opinion is the best hands down boss in all of dark souls 2, he's a good boss fight, actually turned him and the giant lord into soul farms, raime I do if I actually want a good fight and challenge. And I find using Velstadt's Helm to go into 2 phases to be easier because you only need to learn one moveset that can easily be countered and dodged.

Doew someone know how to get more smelter? They gave me 5 and there is one of those. HEALIN THING THAT U HATE still here and i used all 5

Hey guys, finally beat fume knight after 20-30 tries. This is the kind of fights were I failed time after time, then quit and come back the next day to beat him after just a couple of tries. In the end, just HAD to learn the moveset and ALWAYS dodge, using red iron twinblade two-handed, no armor but Velstadt's helmet and Stamina ring, Ring of Blades. I agree this boss is really hard but not unfair, perfectly doable with some focus and also really fun :)

Very fun fight… but I wonder how nice and smelly fume knights feet are

le meilleur boss de tout les temps

interesting boss, the rhythm difference between his weapons are the main issue. There are 4 different rhythms very fast slash for his longsword,
slow slash for his 1st phase,
fast slash for his 2nd phase (with almost 360 range in some moves)
very slow slash for his 2nd phase burning slash
(5 is you include the fire magic explosion attack)

Have played Bloodborne, Dark Souls, and Dark Souls 2 so far, and this guy has been the hardest boss I've faced in any of them, surpassing my personal bullies the Capra Demon and his godforsaken dogs. I usually beat most bosses on my 2nd or 3rd try, and around 5-10 tries for some of the tougher ones. I went in naked dual wielding a rapier+10 and a warped sword+5. I used the Chloranthy+1, Flynn's, Old Leo, and Flame Quartz+3 rings. I lost the exact count, but Fumey(started cursing him by this name to retain my sanity) took me somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-30 tries. I figured out how to dodge most of the attacks in the first phase(except for that rare second swing of the big sword which almost always caught me) in the first 10 tries or so, but the second phase left little room for error. I was raging and wanting to quit.

Then, by some miracle, he didn't enter the second phase until he was practically on his last legs. Twohanding the rapier in sheer desperation, I clung to his right leg like I was trying to hump it and rolled through the fireballs whenever he spat them out. I only had to hit him a few times to put us both out of our misery. I was so hyped and relieved I screamed, "F***, yeah!" in the middle of the night.

You cam buy his set at the Iron Keep after defeating him.

Cheers!

Now I know why after few tries he starts phase 2 right away. While reconsidering my gear I decided to wear the Velstads helm. I thought it was because I brought help lol

Don't forget to buy his set at the Iron keep after defeating him!

I've heard so much stuff about this guy since the release of DLC and today I just beat him. Not only that, but first try in CoC covenant. Why I'm dying 30 times to Belfry Gargoyles but killing Fume Knight on first try?

Remember when this boss was infamous for his high damage delay sttacks that wait until they think you will roll?
Now every boss in elden ring does it 3 times over. Ahh, simpler times.